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Sep 28, 2017 · They were local members of the Ku Klux Klan. Byrd never forgot that spectacle. Growing up, he heard that the Klan defended the American way of life against the godless racemixers and communists, and that its members included many of the “best” people—doctors, lawyers, preachers.
Jun 28, 2019 · What's True. The 2008 photograph shows Biden with Robert Byrd, a West Virginia senator who was during the 1940s a member and organizer for the Ku Klux Klan. What's False.
Oct 10, 2020 · CLAIM: When former KKK Grand Wizard Robert Byrd died in 2010, he was eulogized by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. AP’S ASSESSMENT: Partly false. Biden did eulogize Sen. Robert C. Byrd when he died, but Byrd was not a “grand wizard” in the Ku Klux Klan.
Jun 14, 2020 · Our fact check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. A widely shared image on social media claims Joe Biden is pictured with Robert Byrd, a grand wizard of the KKK. Byrd was...
Jun 17, 2020 · False. Senator Robert Byrd was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, but not the “Grand Wizard”. The photograph shows a portrait of the Grand Dragon of the Florida KKK in 1990.
Apr 2, 2014 · Encouraged by the grand dragon of his KKK branch, Byrd ran on the Democratic ticket for West Virginia's House of Delegates in 1946. During his campaign, Byrd carried his fiddle in his...
Jun 29, 2010 · Encouraged to enter politics by the Klan’s grand dragon, he ran successfully for the state’s House of Delegates in 1946 and again in 1948. In 1950, he was elected to the State Senate, and...
